Grand National - Lake Course - Golf - Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, AL Golf Vacations by Golf Zoo - When Golf Digest selected Alabama the 3rd best state for golf value a couple of years ago, it became obvious that the state was a major player on the golf scene. Due in part to the success of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Alabama finds itself at the pinnacle of the golfing world. Golf course architect Robert Trent Jones saw the group of public courses he designed in Alabama as his version of Michelangelo's masterful artwork in the Sistine Chapel. The 21 courses are now called the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, a total of 378 holes at eight locations across the state.

Grand National - Lake Course

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With 12 holes hugging the shore, Grand National's Lake Course is every bitas scenic as the Links. Not only is the quartet of par threes on the Lake Course as good as any in the nation, but the 230-yard, island green 15th may be the single prettiest hole on the Trail. Both courses were in the top10 of Golf Digest's list of America's Top 50 Affordable Courses. Grand National, by all reports, was the single greatest site for a golf complex Robert Trent Jones, Sr. had ever seen. Built on 600-acre Lake Saugahatchee,32 of the 54 holes drape along its filigreed shores.

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Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, AL Golf Vacations by Golf Zoo

When Golf Digest selected Alabama the 3rd best state for golf value a couple of years ago, it became obvious that the state was a major player on the golf scene. Due in part to the success of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Alabama finds itself at the pinnacle of the golfing world. Golf course architect Robert Trent Jones saw the group of public courses he designed in Alabama as his version of Michelangelo's masterful artwork in the Sistine Chapel. The 21 courses are now called the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, a total of 378 holes at eight locations across the state.